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It can be stressful and exhausting, trying to get a crying baby to settle down and go to sleep. New research now suggests that for the best chance at success, parents should pick the infant up and walk around with it for five minutes.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Study suggests that carrying crying babies is the best way to calm them
There are already several autonomous robots that mow grass, and even a few that clear snow. The modular Yarbo robot, however, can tend to both grass and snow, plus it can blow away dead leaves or other debris.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, … Continue reading Yarbo modular yard robot mows grass, clears snow and blows leaves
We already know that tiny waterborne plastic waste particles can enter the bodies of fish, which are then consumed by humans. New research, however, shows that such particles can enter the food chain via another route, by traveling from the land, throu… Continue reading Study shows nanoplastics can travel from plants to insects to fish
Back in 2019 we heard about the sleek electric Bubble Taxi, a five-seat enclosed hydrofoil created by French manufacturer SeaBubbles. The company has now announced a bigger and faster model, simply called the SeaBubble.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine,… Continue reading Auto-stabilizing SeaBubble fuel cell hydrofoil unveiled in Cannes
If you want to maximize the number of trains that can operate along one rail line simultaneously, it’s crucial that you know the exact location of each train at all times. A new system is designed to help in that regard, by analyzing the magnetic prope… Continue reading MAROS tech analyzes rails to precisely geolocate trains
If you’re going on a self-propelled river journey, is it really self-propelled if someone drives you back to the start when you’re done? Perhaps not – and that’s part of the reason British entrepreneur Ben Kilner created a convertible paddleboard/bike-… Continue reading Amphibious Duckleberry Finn combines pedaled paddle board and bike/trailer
People with cystic fibrosis are vulnerable to potentially fatal Mycobacterium abscessus lung infections, which are notoriously difficult to treat. A new treatment may succeed where others have failed, however – and it utilizes antibacterial honey.Conti… Continue reading Honey may find use in eradicating life-threatening lung infections
One of the dangerous things about sports-related concussions is the fact that athletes may not realize they have one, so they don’t seek much-needed medical attention. A new sensor could let them (or their coaches) know, and it would go on their neck, … Continue reading Neck-worn “bandage” sensors could better warn of concussions
Even though the plankton-eating basking shark is the world’s second-largest fish, much of its life has eluded observation. Now, however, researchers have determined that the usually solitary animals find mates by meeting up and circling around one anot… Continue reading Basking sharks found to choose mates by swimming in giant circles
Although Waygu beef is renowned for its richly marbled taste and texture, it does still come from slaughtered cattle – a fact that doesn’t sit well with many people. Steakholder Foods is developing an alternative, though, in the form of its 3D-printed … Continue reading Lab-grown Waygu beef morsels could be coming to a meat market near you